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Wednesday, 28 May 2014

When a dear one asked me to make a poncho for meditation, I never thought it was going to be a "project". I thought, oh yeah, ponchos, what could be so hard about it? No sleeves, no collars, no pockets, no zippers, sweet....

This is for a large size so, I started with connecting 2 cables of 40cm with the connector (this is the part that I hate most because sometimes they come undone, even after I fastened it with the fastener). It makes me curious about the ADDI click system.

The pattern is worked from bottom up and very simple, that's why I added the cable in the middle to add some texture. It's just garter at the bottom, garter for the sides with stockinette in the middle. Then hood has to be worked back and forth and garter on it's sides. Sew up the mid section of the hood together.
Then I added a little button with crochet hook and some chains to hook it up.

This is too big for me but in this soaring heat, only I would volunteer modelling it.

The back

The front

Some knitters opt not to work with possum yarn because they kill the animals to take the fur as oppose to just shearing them. NZ do have a problem with possum as they are pests. I just have a problem with the steep pricing they have for these yarns.

Monday, 19 May 2014

Few days before the double birthday party invitation, I decided that handmade gifts are the best. Next time, I'll always decide handmade gifts are the best in order to have more days to make bigger things.

Thursday, 1 May 2014

Word of warning for the Tsubaki Cotton Hat: it's not an adult size pattern. Perhaps my head is on the big side (58 cm circ.) and it is genetic? The picture in the free pattern clearly shows an adult but I followed the pattern and it fits my daughter.

I used 2 strands of yarn for the hat but only the bamboo yarn for the bolero since I didn't want it to be too thick.
Hat used up 1 skein each, bolero used up almost 2 skeins.

Overall, the patterns were easy to follow, although some self adjustments were made when it came to the hat's brim and the pattern of the bolero.